Governance

Policy Management Build vs Buy: Why Policy Management Software Makes Sense

The mismanagement of policies has grown exponentially within organizations with the proliferation of collaboration and document sharing software such as Microsoft SharePoint. These solutions to their credit as well as downfall enable anyone to post a policy. Organizations end up with policies scattered on dozens of different internal Web sites and file shares, with no defined audit trails or accountability for them.

Governance

GRC: Solving Real Business Problems, Not Just Hypothetical Ones

Effective governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) delivers the ability to meet requirements, achieve human and financial efficiency, and meet the demands of a dynamic business environment that requires agility. It eliminates silos of risk and compliance that emerge from parts of the organization that have historically worked independently of each other.

Governance

Regulatory Intelligence: Approaching Regulatory Change in a Consistent Process

The old paradigm of regulatory change management is clearly a recipe for disaster given the volume, pace of change and the broader operational impact of today's laws and regulations. Just as the CFO needs a financial system or the sales department needs CRM, legal and compliance need regulatory intelligence.

Governance

The Big Picture of IT GRC

IT GRC is an Essential Part of Enterprise GRC. IT departments are scrambling to keep up with multiple initiatives that demand greater oversight of risk and compliance across the IT infrastructure, identities, processes and information. Most organizations approach these issues reactively - putting out IT fires wherever the flames are the hottest.

Governance

Delivering Enterprise Value with Oracle Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Published: Feb, 2010 - Business is complex, and requires agility to stay competitive. Risk and compliance measures can work against business agility, when managed manually and/or across numerous siloed initiatives. Success in today's business environment requires the organization to integrate, build, and support business process with an enterprise view of risk and compliance.

Governance

IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Management in the Real World

Enterprise Management Associates, May 2008, Pages: 61

Description

In recent months, IT GRC has emerged as a unifying theme aligning the management of IT, IT risk and regulatory compliance with the priorities of the business. But what does IT GRC mean in a practical sense, to the IT organization charged with its success? In a survey of more than 200 professionals in both IT and non-IT fields complemented by focus interviews with real world practitioners, this study identifies the processes, practices and technologies most highly valued by high performers in IT GRC management.

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